Yeah, probably lost in the Yahoo "hey, I know, let's add 24 hours to how long it takes for our users to get their posts - that'll be fun!!" space.
I sent a link to the Google bulk email updater. Faster an easier than moving files to/from IMAP folders. I'll go find it and send again - maybe this one'll get through faster!! Cheers, Don From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Levi Wallach Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 7:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Treo] Switching from Exchange to Gmail/Google Calendar Don, what previous post? Not seeing it, although thanks for the IMAP tip, must have been pretty tired last night! :) > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of > Don Ferguson > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 9:09 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: RE: [Treo] Switching from Exchange to Gmail/Google Calendar > > No no no. Nothing like that. > > > > Best case, you use the Google-provided bulk email importer in my > previous > post. > > > > Worst case you set up Gmail as an IMAP account in Outlook and move > folders > over directly from personal folders in Outlook to folders in the Gmail > IMAP > account. > > > > Either one works. The latter is intuitive but takes way longer. > > > > Outlook Express must never darken our doors again - that way lies > madness!! > > > > Cheers, > > Don > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of > ldouglas > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:52 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [Treo] Switching from Exchange to Gmail/Google Calendar > > > > I've attempted to move Outlook email to Gmail once - and it was an > involved process. I had to import the pst file into Outlook Express to > have it convert it to a dbx file, then use a command line utility to > convert to mbox, then use Pine mail (which i think is called something > else now) on my Mac Mini to group-bounce the messages to google. At > the time I read somewhere that I could also have imported directly to > Eudora (which stores as mbox). > > Of course this was 3 years ago. What I did when I needed to do this a > few weeks ago was setup Gmail IMAP on outlook, then move the folder > from my local to the Imap. Worked great and even kept the correct > arrival date (which the mbox-pine method didn't). > > On 6/7/09, Levi Wallach <[email protected] <mailto:levi%40dvdmon.com> <mailto:levi%40dvdmon.com> > > wrote: > > So one of my justifications in paying a slightly higher price for the > > monthly fee for the Pre was that I could get rid of my exchange > account. > > I'm now syncing my calendar with my Google Calendar account and am > about > to > > start syncing contacts. > > > > I also have hooked up my Gmail account to my Pre, but I currently > don't > use > > that for email. I've tested it out though and I get notified > immediately > > (Push). So here are a couple of questions for those of you in the > same > > boat: > > > > a) I figure I'll point my mail servers and Gmail's so that I can get > my > > regular (currently gotten through a hosted exchange service) email > through > > Gmail. Any tips making the switch that will make it a seemless one? > > > > b) I have lots of email going back years in my Exchange account and > going > > back even more years archived in a separate outlook pst file that I > can > > access in Outlook but that is not synched to the hosted exchange > service. > > Is there any way I can get any of this email into Gmail, or will I > just > have > > to start completely fresh and only be able to search my archives on > my > home > > PC in Outlook? I thought I could finally once and for all retire it, > but > > maybe not! > > > > Levi > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
